Expanding Practice Habits: Customizable Templates to Foster Musical Growth for the Comprehensive Musician

Rotjan, Matthew; Nicholson, George

doi:10.1177/0003131320910722

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“…The most straightforward approach is simple repetition, but it is also the least efficient ( Hallam, 2001b ). More experienced musicians employ more strategic approaches, such as focusing their practice on the aspect of the challenge that they find most difficult ( Hallam, 2001a ; Rotjan and Nicholson, 2020 ). As others have noted, in addition to setting challenges, one of the essential roles played by a music teacher is to scaffold these more strategic approaches to overcoming them ( Rosenshine et al, 2002 ; McPherson, 2005 ).…”

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Planting the Seeds: Orchestral Music Education as a Context for Fostering Growth Mindsets

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Bose

Stuk³

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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Growth mindset is an important aspect of children’s socioemotional development and is subject to change due to environmental influence. Orchestral music education may function as a fertile context in which to promote growth mindset; however, this education is not widely available to children facing economic hardship. This study examined whether participation in a program of orchestral music education was associated with higher levels of overall growth mindset and greater change in levels of musical growth mindset among children placed at risk by poverty. After at least 2 years of orchestral participation, students reported significantly higher levels of overall growth mindset than their peers; participating students also reported statistically significant increases in musical growth mindset regardless of the number of years that they were enrolled in orchestral music education. These findings have implications for future research into specific pedagogical practices that may promote growth mindset in the context of orchestral music education and more generally for future studies of the extra-musical benefits of high-quality music education.

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